Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with VoiceCorps for a twelve-month period for a total amount of $80,000. Funding will support reading for blind, visually impaired, and other print disabled Columbus residents.
Emergency action is necessary to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is allocated from the Emergency Human Services Fund ($80,000).
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with VoiceCorps; to authorize an expenditure from the Emergency Human Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($80,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with VoiceCorps for the continued provision of social services; and
WHEREAS, funding will support reading for blind, visually impaired, and other print disabled Columbus residents; and
WHEREAS, the grant will be funded from Emergency Human Services Funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a grant agreement with VoiceCorps to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services, all for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with VoiceCorps.
SECTION 2. That for the purpose as stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $80,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized in Fund 2231 Hotel Motel Bed Tax Fund, in Object Class 03 Contractual Services per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That payment is expressly contingent upon the availability of sufficient monies in the Emergency Human Services subfund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract and in no case shall payments exceed available cash in this fund. In this event that there is not sufficient cash in the fund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract, the City Auditor shall have the authority to make all necessary adjustments at her discretion.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.